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george mitchell gave up 18 months or so ago when he dropped out of the obama administration, there hasn't been much. let's see what hillary clinton secretary of state can do when she meets with prime minister netanyahu and then meets with abbas and then talks with morsi. for all practical purposes for now that peace process is dormant. >> all right. wolf, thanks. we'll get back to you as soon as there's breaking news, obviously, if there's a deal or truce that comes out of it in the next couple of hour. israel says the talks are still going on. hamas is telling reuter they've reached an agreement with the israelis they'll end the fighting. you've got breaking news on the talks. >> it's one more piece of the puzzle because as you mentioned over the last several hours hamas told reuters a cease-fire deal has been agreed to but israelis are denying this, saying negotiations are ongoing. a source in jerusalem is telling me that the israelis are floating an idea there should be 24 hours of calm before they agree to sign on to any deal. so the difference between a cease-fire and a cease-fire ag
george mitchell gave up 18 months or so ago when he dropped out of the obama administration, there hasn't been much. let's see what hillary clinton secretary of state can do when she meets with prime minister netanyahu and then meets with abbas and then talks with morsi. for all practical purposes for now that peace process is dormant. >> all right. wolf, thanks. we'll get back to you as soon as there's breaking news, obviously, if there's a deal or truce that comes out of it in the next...
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what do you think of how this is playing out for obama, his administration and for the middle east? >> well, one thing that is really important to remember is that i think netanyahu has an election coming up in january. so you know, in our election he kind of bet on the wrong horse. you know, he made no qualms about the idea that he was a supporter of mitt romney, mitt romney didn't win. so now, president obama kindf has a bit of a stronger hand in that relationship, even though that relationship, as many people have noted is not the best relationship in the world. but now going into netanyahu's re-election bid, on the heels of this sort of conflict with the american government playing an instrumental role in bringing about a cease-fire, it kind of gives the obama administration, the state department a much stronger hand in the middle east in general. and i think it gives president obama a stronger hand both in the middle east and at home. because he is able to play this role with someone that he has not had the best relationship with. >> kristen soltis, do you agree with that? >> i
what do you think of how this is playing out for obama, his administration and for the middle east? >> well, one thing that is really important to remember is that i think netanyahu has an election coming up in january. so you know, in our election he kind of bet on the wrong horse. you know, he made no qualms about the idea that he was a supporter of mitt romney, mitt romney didn't win. so now, president obama kindf has a bit of a stronger hand in that relationship, even though that...
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. >> according to senior obama administration official, it was president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the de deal." is that accurate to your understanding of how things played out? what did the u.s. offer to various parties to sweeten the deal? >> president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease-fire and hillary clinton who shuttled without stop between jerusalem, ramallah and cairo and instrumental in achievementing the agreement. the support for israel, diplomatically, outstanding, beside us and upholding our right to defend ourselves, that was very important for us, and also important for the iron on dome missile system which you saw working so outstandingly, taking down 85% to 90% of incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity or ability to strike at our 5 1/2 million israelis who were under rocket fire. >> we talked about this, ambassador, a few hours ago. now there are five rocks launched, a number of them intercepted. three of them landed in southern israel. how do you see that? how seriously do you say that in terms of a
. >> according to senior obama administration official, it was president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the de deal." is that accurate to your understanding of how things played out? what did the u.s. offer to various parties to sweeten the deal? >> president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease-fire and hillary clinton who shuttled without stop between jerusalem, ramallah and cairo and instrumental in achievementing the...
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does netanyahu have any sway when it comes to the white house, with the obama administration, to move any closer to his timetable? he is talking about war with iran potentially being imminent if they're able to get a nuclear weapon. >> this has been going on some time as to how close they really are. i think netanyahu makes the white house and others nervous because of the election. we saw the u.s. boycott iran's speech yesterday. they stated they weren't in the room at the general assembly because of iran's position and because it was the yom kippur holiday. they were in the room for other speeches on the yom kippur holiday. i think this will go right up to election day. the israelly leaders putting some heat on. i think there's no doubt they wouldn't mind if they saw romney get in. >> thank you very much, richard. we'll bring the speeches for you live both from mahmoud abbas as well as netanyahu. >>> it has been two weeks since the attack on the consulate in benghazi. why wasn't the fbi actually visited the skrim scene yet? we'll stake a look at the reasons. >> this is actually spai
does netanyahu have any sway when it comes to the white house, with the obama administration, to move any closer to his timetable? he is talking about war with iran potentially being imminent if they're able to get a nuclear weapon. >> this has been going on some time as to how close they really are. i think netanyahu makes the white house and others nervous because of the election. we saw the u.s. boycott iran's speech yesterday. they stated they weren't in the room at the general...
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bush, clinton, and obama administrations. he's now a counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. and khaled elgindy, a palestinian participant in the 2007 annapolis peace negotiations, and now a fellow at the saban center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. i want to start with you. your reading on where things stand tonight in termed of a pause or cease-fire. >> i do think the outlines of the cease-fire have probably been shapedded at this point. i think the secretary of state is there and has a chance to finalize this by, in a sense, becoming the, i think, the repository of the commitments that each side has made. i think one of the things that's going on right now is trying to make certain that all the understandings are understood the same way by each side and whatever promises are being made will now be promises made to her as well. in effect she becomes almost the holder of those as a kind of deposit. that, i think, is a chance for the cease-fire to actually be implemented and gives it m
bush, clinton, and obama administrations. he's now a counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. and khaled elgindy, a palestinian participant in the 2007 annapolis peace negotiations, and now a fellow at the saban center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. i want to start with you. your reading on where things stand tonight in termed of a pause or cease-fire. >> i do think the outlines of the cease-fire have probably been shapedded at this point. i think...
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that basically the policy after the initial confrontation essentially between the obama administration and the netanyahu government over a settlement freeze. since that moment, the american policy has basically been, we've got our hands full and we're going to kind of let it go. >> here's the fundamental conundrum that the government and the entire policy community or the consensus of the policy community in washington has faced for at least a decade. the consensus voice has thundered forth. vital national security interest, to have a two-state peace agreement between the israelis and the palestinians, but it says we cannot want that more than the parties themselves. this isyoxymoron. this is an absurdity. this is a vital national security interest that iran doesn't have nuclear wps weapons, but we can't want that more than anybody else. is this really a vital interest of the united states. in which case we have to throw our weight behind it and tailor our policies around it with less deference to domestic -- >> what does that mean? in a concrete sense what does it look like? >> in a c
that basically the policy after the initial confrontation essentially between the obama administration and the netanyahu government over a settlement freeze. since that moment, the american policy has basically been, we've got our hands full and we're going to kind of let it go. >> here's the fundamental conundrum that the government and the entire policy community or the consensus of the policy community in washington has faced for at least a decade. the consensus voice has thundered...
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>> i do not think the obama administration wants to take military action. i think the likelihood of military action in the year 2012 is unlikely, whether by the united states or israel. when you talk to members of congress, whether republican or democrat, there is kind of an overwhelming consensus in the united states that we want to reduce our military entanglements in the middle east and focus on repairing our domestic economy. i think president obama recognizes that a military campaign against iran could defeat those objectives. >> iran has said it does not have nuclear weapons. the program is all about generating nuclear energy. why is this program so important to the iranian government? >> there are a variety of reasons, you could make the case. what iran is doing does not make much sense in the context of only a domestic energy program, because the costs which they are paying for this in terms of sanctions anare in the tens of billions of dollars, which a nuclear-energy program would not be able to provide for them. there is somehow an inverse correla
>> i do not think the obama administration wants to take military action. i think the likelihood of military action in the year 2012 is unlikely, whether by the united states or israel. when you talk to members of congress, whether republican or democrat, there is kind of an overwhelming consensus in the united states that we want to reduce our military entanglements in the middle east and focus on repairing our domestic economy. i think president obama recognizes that a military campaign...
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administration's drone policy right when it comes to when it comes to killing u.s. citizens abroad which we have done and so esquire did a great lengthy feature piece about this today which i think it's about time i think of the more people that want to. we go in-depth and talk about this the better but to me it probably the most poignant part is when they were talking about . on the right this was on his sixteen year old son and they bring up the point that this administration has never ever spoken about it they've never acknowledged the fact that we killed this sixteen year old boy and so you know what kind of what kind of justice is that is the question what the drone policy is one that is certainly an evolution and it has made an impact on the fight against terrorist organizations so this administration is caught in a very difficult place where it has not acknowledged up until very recently that even had a drone policy now it is publicly acknowledged it but the legal mechanisms for targeting and identifying which targets to hit those are very much under wraps we
administration's drone policy right when it comes to when it comes to killing u.s. citizens abroad which we have done and so esquire did a great lengthy feature piece about this today which i think it's about time i think of the more people that want to. we go in-depth and talk about this the better but to me it probably the most poignant part is when they were talking about . on the right this was on his sixteen year old son and they bring up the point that this administration has never ever...
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forces and carry out special operations after twenty fourteen when according to the obama administration american forces are supposed to have completely left the country the afghan government has less than two years to agree or reject the idea the u.s. government may be looking at training armies abroad is a smart investment sort of like outsourcing makes sense in business it's cheaper than having u.s. troops on the ground no need to explain dead troops coming home makes sense from a lot of perspectives. but that strategy has backfired more than once in the past even naming populations that didn't want to see their military become a student of washington's wars in washington i'm going to check out. and coming up later this hour the bailout battle maybe i'll go but down three main. the political elite the elites of civil servants and the e.u. are in la la la and compared to their normal citizens agrees guess the much needed cash for his ailing economy the experts say it's not on the right off as incision makers are out of touch with reality. and the rolling way will stare as he seems to b
forces and carry out special operations after twenty fourteen when according to the obama administration american forces are supposed to have completely left the country the afghan government has less than two years to agree or reject the idea the u.s. government may be looking at training armies abroad is a smart investment sort of like outsourcing makes sense in business it's cheaper than having u.s. troops on the ground no need to explain dead troops coming home makes sense from a lot of...
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. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president's -- president obama's two phone calls today that, quote, closed the deal. is that accurate according to your understanding of how things played out? and what did the u.s. offer to various parties in order to maybe sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease-fire. also secretary of state clinton who shuttled without stop between jerusalem and cairo and was also instrumental in achieving the agreement. the sweetener was support for israel. support for israel diplomatmatically. standing beside us. upholding our right to defend ourselves in the face of hamas terror. that was very important for us. also it's important for that iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking down about 85% to 90% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity to -- or the ability to strike at our 5.5 million israelis who were under rocket fire. >> we talked about this, ambassador, a few hours ago. th
. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president's -- president obama's two phone calls today that, quote, closed the deal. is that accurate according to your understanding of how things played out? and what did the u.s. offer to various parties in order to maybe sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease-fire. also secretary of state clinton who shuttled without stop between...
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. >> warner: and on the "daily download," we look at how the obama administration is re-using digital information gathered for the campaign to rally support now. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: washington was a-whirl today with more talk of avoiding the much-discussed fiscal cliff. but as november wound down, the president suggested an agreement on taxes and spending could come in time for the holidays. >> i believe that both parties can agree on a frame work that does that in the coming weeks. in fact my hope is to get this done before christmas. >> you know me, i was born with the glass half full. i'm an optimist. >> brown: hopeful signs emanated from the white house and the capitol today, about getting a deal before the new year brings automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. p
. >> warner: and on the "daily download," we look at how the obama administration is re-using digital information gathered for the campaign to rally support now. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from...
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administration american forces are supposed to have completely left the country the afghan government has less than two years to agree or reject the idea the u.s. government may be looking at training armies abroad is a smart investment sort of like outsourcing makes sense in business it's cheaper than having u.s. troops on the ground no need to explain dead troops coming home makes sense from a lot of perspectives but that strategy has backfired more than once in the past it leaning populations that didn't want to see their military become a student of washington's wars in washington i'm gonna check out. more news for me in thirty five minutes with the news team in the meantime it's time for banking big shots to take cover because the cause report is up next after this break. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. the great russian barrios. prevailing over hazards and asperity. to reenact an epic parade through paris. can they complain that triumph. with people's
administration american forces are supposed to have completely left the country the afghan government has less than two years to agree or reject the idea the u.s. government may be looking at training armies abroad is a smart investment sort of like outsourcing makes sense in business it's cheaper than having u.s. troops on the ground no need to explain dead troops coming home makes sense from a lot of perspectives but that strategy has backfired more than once in the past it leaning...
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administration's stated policy is not to let iran have a nuclear weapon for benjamin netanyahu that's not enough if you're determined to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons it means you will act before they get nuclear weapons acting before could mean attacking tomorrow even though according to a u.s. intelligence assessment iranian leaders haven't even decided on whether to build the bomb or not america's top military officials made it clear at tacking the rand would be a bad idea should israel decide to go it alone the head of the u.s. army said quote i don't want to be complicit and of quote player soon they can say iran back a couple of years and then go back and do it again and again that's just idiotic because once you start using force everything changes colonel lawrence wilkerson has joined a host of other former and serving government officials who put forward an expert analysis paper on what military action against iran would entail the paper states we believe that a u.s. attack on iran would increase iran's motivation to build a bomb. it would take iran a year or more
administration's stated policy is not to let iran have a nuclear weapon for benjamin netanyahu that's not enough if you're determined to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons it means you will act before they get nuclear weapons acting before could mean attacking tomorrow even though according to a u.s. intelligence assessment iranian leaders haven't even decided on whether to build the bomb or not america's top military officials made it clear at tacking the rand would be a bad idea should...
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for the obama administration to capitalize on this post-war situation and try to bring a lasting settlement to this difficult region by maintaining this twin-track policy. rather than trying to say unless you do x, y and z, we're not going to talk to you. because the ugly reality, israelis are talking to hamas. and you know, the u.s. spoke to the p.l.o. when they committed terror. >> thank you very much, indeed. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up next, the panel of stars on the middle east truce and what it means to the obama administration. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ we find the best, sweetest craforelobste that we can find. [ malennounc ] it'ti focrabfestt red lobster! his ar, y 1 of 5ntrees like our ne crab d garlic shri. half-pou otender cr
for the obama administration to capitalize on this post-war situation and try to bring a lasting settlement to this difficult region by maintaining this twin-track policy. rather than trying to say unless you do x, y and z, we're not going to talk to you. because the ugly reality, israelis are talking to hamas. and you know, the u.s. spoke to the p.l.o. when they committed terror. >> thank you very much, indeed. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up next, the panel of stars on...
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the obama administration failed 2010. >> for obama's to become president? one thing i want to mention at the same time he gives for the iranian people for the new year at the same time you slap the people to say how many years they are saying shin? turkey and 20% in richmond, and also of fate except they go for the sanctions in the united nations. in my opinion i don't see at this point* anti-war stations but the sanctions a to the people not the government. you have to realize that. it is to get the people of iran. >> day-care. a couple of points to raise raise, one quick correction iranians were enriching at 20% with a renegotiating. starting february 2010. they said they would rather buy the fuel and make it themselves. with the indication they have no intent to go up that 20%. i ain't one could make the argument the obama administration should have done something beyond changing the tone. that is a iranians were successful to change their town but it is back to the hostile discourse as it was before the expectation u.s. sore iran gives a significant con
the obama administration failed 2010. >> for obama's to become president? one thing i want to mention at the same time he gives for the iranian people for the new year at the same time you slap the people to say how many years they are saying shin? turkey and 20% in richmond, and also of fate except they go for the sanctions in the united nations. in my opinion i don't see at this point* anti-war stations but the sanctions a to the people not the government. you have to realize that. it...
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after four years of basically neglecting the peace process, the obama administration now has in some ways an opportunity to move in and create not just a sense of calm or temporary cease-fire but actually to take the first steps in dealing with israel's security as well as the issue of the blockade of gaza. if she can move through phase one in the cease-fire, phase two, then deal with those immediate concerns, that then opens the way for what everyone is expected since ironically her husband got close to a peace agreement 12 years ago in camp david. everyone knows what the ultimate formula is going to be. this is a moment where the situation begs for a bigger solution than just another temporary cease-fire that opens the way as alan dershowitz says for something four years down the road. >> let's hold that thought. let's have a quick break, come back and talk about the big picture solution. >>> i believe that you met up with benjamin netanyahu. tell me about that? what do you think the big-picture solution could be? >> announcer: 'tis the season of more-- more shopping, more dining o
after four years of basically neglecting the peace process, the obama administration now has in some ways an opportunity to move in and create not just a sense of calm or temporary cease-fire but actually to take the first steps in dealing with israel's security as well as the issue of the blockade of gaza. if she can move through phase one in the cease-fire, phase two, then deal with those immediate concerns, that then opens the way for what everyone is expected since ironically her husband...
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i think the obama administration was right. they have had greater success in getting a greater amount of sanctions. the point at which i find it to be less important is it's not bringing us closer to a resolution. i think the biggest mistake from the u.s. side was once the turks and brazilians managed to intervene and negotiate with iran and get them to put their signature on a deal, the obama administration was so deep into its -- >> what brazilian deal? >> i explain this in detail in the book. they negotiated with iranians and got them to agree to a deal that was following the same benchmarks as the deal the u.s. put on the table a couple of months earlier. at that point, the iranians did not come and give a yes to the proposal. a couple of months later, some things had changed. but the bottom line is that deal called the tehran declaration, followed a letter the president sent to the leaders of brazil and turkey only three weeks later. but by that time the obama administration was so deep into the sanctions drive, two days b
i think the obama administration was right. they have had greater success in getting a greater amount of sanctions. the point at which i find it to be less important is it's not bringing us closer to a resolution. i think the biggest mistake from the u.s. side was once the turks and brazilians managed to intervene and negotiate with iran and get them to put their signature on a deal, the obama administration was so deep into its -- >> what brazilian deal? >> i explain this in detail...
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administration cutting down leakers because they don't want information to get brought to the mainstream media and then bring up public office . mission here we're just seeing the facts of war being censored the actual atrocities are happening right now are going to be able to be communicated to the outside world like we saw during the arab spring because of censorship efforts in gaza but it one thing i just found out recently that said minute ago that if you have like sim cards on your phone in your in gaza you might be able to pick up a egypt internet and that's one way of right there that you can bypass it and actually get your information out should the government decide to step up there are there attempts to censor people and just briefly and i mean big picture here not just with what's going on in gaza in israel right now but in the future i mean how does social media forever transform the way wars are fought i mean this is really seeing the the live tweeting of this this operation start yesterday it was really something that i don't think anyone was ready to ready to happen in the
administration cutting down leakers because they don't want information to get brought to the mainstream media and then bring up public office . mission here we're just seeing the facts of war being censored the actual atrocities are happening right now are going to be able to be communicated to the outside world like we saw during the arab spring because of censorship efforts in gaza but it one thing i just found out recently that said minute ago that if you have like sim cards on your phone...
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administration tied it up in the security council. gates threaten to veto it all. of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine hold had to go for u.n. observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to hang out i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very foundations you wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of jus
administration tied it up in the security council. gates threaten to veto it all. of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine hold had to go for u.n. observer...
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. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president -- president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the deal." is that your accurate understanding of how things played out. and what did the u.s. offer to various parties to ultimately sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding role to help achieve the cease-fire, and also secretary of state hillary clinton who shuttled the stop between jerusalem and cairo, and was also instrumental in achieving the agreement. the sweetener is support for israel, support for israel diplomatically, it was very important for us. also the support for the iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking out about 85-95% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity or ability to strike at our 5 and a half million israelis who are under rocket fire. >> we talked about this, ambassador, a few hours ago. there have now been apparently five rockets launched, a number of them intercepted. but three of them landed in southern israel. how do you see
. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president -- president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the deal." is that your accurate understanding of how things played out. and what did the u.s. offer to various parties to ultimately sweeten the deal? >> well, president obama played an outstanding role to help achieve the cease-fire, and also secretary of state hillary clinton who shuttled the stop between jerusalem and cairo, and was...
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the obama administration. if they did not agree to rejecting the turkish/brazilian deal and by that forgoing the u.n. security council sanctions, then congress would pass its own sanctions, and that would have created a significant conflict between the states permanent five at the u.n. security council. and keeping a unity within the p5 against iran was a very central objective of the obama administration. congress would have destroyed that unity and instead iran would once again be able to take advantage of the fissures between the p5 members. but he also showed that political space for diplomacy as the obama administration from the outset knew was limited, could not grow on its own. one of the biggest mistakes in my assessment that the obama administration did was that it never actively went out to really argue for diplomacy and create political space for it. make a comparison between what bush was doing and what obama didn't do. the bush -- president bush gave, i think, about 16 speeches, major speeches in
the obama administration. if they did not agree to rejecting the turkish/brazilian deal and by that forgoing the u.n. security council sanctions, then congress would pass its own sanctions, and that would have created a significant conflict between the states permanent five at the u.n. security council. and keeping a unity within the p5 against iran was a very central objective of the obama administration. congress would have destroyed that unity and instead iran would once again be able to...
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and so we've seen this ever since the obama administration came in and focused its attention on settlement construction in the west bank. it strategically lost the capacity to influence events because it lost the support of the palestinian authority for failing to deliver on settlement -- freeze on settlements and the israeli government basically had what essentially was a meltdown in its relationship with the obama administration. >> eliot: you're right. this is where we lost control. how do you critique the role of prime minister morsi who is now rhetorically being supportive of hamas but seems to have begun the diplomatic process convening the conversations in cairo that have gotten us closer to a cease-fire and everybody seems to believe will get over the line in the next 24 to 48 hours. is he playing one public diplomacy role for his base but saying secretary clinton i desperately need your financial support. i'm maintaining the treaty with israel. help me navigate through the diplomatic nightmare. >> if only mr. morsi was sophisticated as we hope you from your comments make him out t
and so we've seen this ever since the obama administration came in and focused its attention on settlement construction in the west bank. it strategically lost the capacity to influence events because it lost the support of the palestinian authority for failing to deliver on settlement -- freeze on settlements and the israeli government basically had what essentially was a meltdown in its relationship with the obama administration. >> eliot: you're right. this is where we lost control....
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. >>> obama administration expresses strong support for israel in the latest round of violence in the middle east. what is behind our strong relationship with israel? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough...
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>> with respect to israel, i can assure you that not only does the obama administration strongly support the defense and security of israel but we have put more money hiends that pledge than has been put before. we are -- we have increased u.s. security assistance to israel every year since fy-'09 this budget includes a $25 million increase from the fy-'12 level, we have a strong support for their missile defense programs when is an essential aspect of what israel needs in these changing times and prime minister netanyahu has called the bi-lateral security council unprecedents eed especially wit military exercises. so there's an ongoing consultation at the highest levels between the two governments and we share our assessments with israel, we listen to their assessments and i think that the prime minister's words really speak for themselves, is unprecedentsed the level of cooperation and funding we are providing and i'll look forward to providing an answer on the record regarding north africa, i just return friday a advise -- r returned from a visit. >> mr. meeks the ranking member on th
>> with respect to israel, i can assure you that not only does the obama administration strongly support the defense and security of israel but we have put more money hiends that pledge than has been put before. we are -- we have increased u.s. security assistance to israel every year since fy-'09 this budget includes a $25 million increase from the fy-'12 level, we have a strong support for their missile defense programs when is an essential aspect of what israel needs in these changing...
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but i think it has to be said over the last uple of weeks, the obama administration has been extremely supportive of israel. that's one thing. and the second thing they've done is work with the new egyptian government and that was not necessarily a done deal, either. so they've given us this cease-fire. and so we had a pretty, you know, serious military exchange. but the american-egyptian relationship was not frayed. the american-israeli relationship was not frayed. and importantly, the israeli-egyptian relationship, while frayed, is still functioning. so i think they've done a reasonably good job of stabilizing things. now, morsi has taken this opportunity to create a bit of a constitutional crisis there, and there we're going to have to stick to our guns and be the pro-reform force evening for somebody who is trying to usurp power. >> brown: does it suggest that president obama might have to spend more capital and time on the middle east then perhaps he wanted in a second term? this actually happened while he was in asia. >> it did happen while he was in asia. i agree with david, the
but i think it has to be said over the last uple of weeks, the obama administration has been extremely supportive of israel. that's one thing. and the second thing they've done is work with the new egyptian government and that was not necessarily a done deal, either. so they've given us this cease-fire. and so we had a pretty, you know, serious military exchange. but the american-egyptian relationship was not frayed. the american-israeli relationship was not frayed. and importantly, the...
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right now the obama administration is doing the right things with our allies. tavis: well we are walking on eggshells, we have to deal with what we already engaged in- house -- engaged in. defense secretary panetta has made it clear there is a new timetable as he sees it. how do you assess that new timetable? >> i know that has subjected the secretary and the administration to a lot of new questions, but i think we have to look at a couple of realities. this is our 11th year in afghanistan, and that reality is washing over a nation's ability to continue to sustain that war. it is pretty clear the american people want out, as do other natons that are now rour allies. in the end it will tv -- it will be the afghan people who decide what they want to do. the other part of this you have not mentioned is pakistan. pakistan is the most important and critical element in the equation. oint they areis plac right about accelerating the timeline of withdrawing forces, and now because an international peace conference is probably going to be required here. when i say an in
right now the obama administration is doing the right things with our allies. tavis: well we are walking on eggshells, we have to deal with what we already engaged in- house -- engaged in. defense secretary panetta has made it clear there is a new timetable as he sees it. how do you assess that new timetable? >> i know that has subjected the secretary and the administration to a lot of new questions, but i think we have to look at a couple of realities. this is our 11th year in...
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jon: right now new questions for the obama administration and its changing story on what happened during the benghazi terror attack. top republicans on capitol hill want the nation's top intelligence official to explain what they say is his co conflicting testimony from the original talking points that seemed to minimize the chances that this was a terror attack. the director of national intelligence told officials in closed doors that no one in the intelligence community edited out any referral to terrorism. monday night they said it was the intelligence community that made substantive changes to the talking points. which is it? four americans died in that benghazi attack including our ambassador chris stevens. chris wallace the anchor of ""fox news sunday"" joins us now. chris, there seems to be conflicting information from the director of national intelligence and republicans say they want to get to the bottom of it. >> it's more than seems to be it apparently absolutely is conflicting. when you said which is it i hope you're not looking to me for an answer because i don't have a clue
jon: right now new questions for the obama administration and its changing story on what happened during the benghazi terror attack. top republicans on capitol hill want the nation's top intelligence official to explain what they say is his co conflicting testimony from the original talking points that seemed to minimize the chances that this was a terror attack. the director of national intelligence told officials in closed doors that no one in the intelligence community edited out any...
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be his special envoy and the united states spent two years and the obama administration, some political capital, trying to broker a negotiation between mahmoud abbas and prime minister netanyahu and ultimately was not successful. i do agree over the past couple of years, there's been a pause in the peace process, you know, to try to see if conditions, you know, could be created to bring us back to a negotiating table. but i would also say that, you know, it's -- the environment today is much different than it was even four years ago. you have had the arab spring and everyone that's involved in this is doing careful recalculations of their strategic interests and that's even going on i think in the heart of the negotiations that are ongoing for a cease-fire. >> just to follow up, are you implying too many visits just means it's a bad situation there? >> well, you'll recall, the environment between 2003 and 2008, you know, the united states was involved in an act of war in the middle east. so again, the agenda to some extent drives, you know, where a secretary of state spends the bulk of
be his special envoy and the united states spent two years and the obama administration, some political capital, trying to broker a negotiation between mahmoud abbas and prime minister netanyahu and ultimately was not successful. i do agree over the past couple of years, there's been a pause in the peace process, you know, to try to see if conditions, you know, could be created to bring us back to a negotiating table. but i would also say that, you know, it's -- the environment today is much...